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Derrida????
I have to agree with everyone in saying that Derrida, is difficult to understand! Here is one quote I found specially challenging “Differences are thus “produced” – differed — by differance” what does this mean? Well, what I understood is that is all a big circle of differences. This “differance” is what produces things, like […]
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We are machines…a camping trip with Derrida
“this nonfortuitous conjonction of cybernetics and the “human sciences” of writing leads to a more profound reversal“ Jacques Derrida, Of Grammatology At first, I thought I would write this article as a “handbook for the lost reader in the land of Derrida’s text”, but then I thought it would be presomptuous as I am […]
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My synthesis of Derrida: we are nothing
I have to confess that reading Derrida’s texts was very tough. But, after finished the reading process, the idea that keeps tingling in my mind is that, in synthesis, we can say that there is no Signified, only an infinite … Continue reading → Continue reading
Derrida, the Mission Impossible… This message will self-destruct in five seconds!
In this week’s readings, Derrida caught my attention. I should be used to dense articles and theories now, but that was until I read «Différance», «Of Grammatology» and Derrida’s interview with Julia Kristeva. From what I was able to understand, Derrida challenges structuralism by offering his concept of Deconstruction. Although he does not entirely reject […]
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